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TALANTA
Volume 52, Issue 4, Pages 671-679Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-9140(00)00416-1
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preconcentration; speciation analysis; mercury; dithizone; HPLC
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A simple and rapid method for in situ preconcentration of inorganic and organic mercury compounds in water samples, based on solid phase extraction using dithizone immobilised on a reversed-phase C18 cartridge, has been developed. The adsorbed complexes were stable on the cartridge for at least 2 weeks. The speciation analysis of methylmercury (MeHg), phenylmercury (PhHg) and inorganic mercury (Hg (II)) were done by reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography. The calibration graphs of MeHg, PhHg and Hg (II) were linear (r > 0.999) from the detection limits (0.58, 0.66 and 0.54 ng) to 38, 25 and 26 ng of Hg, respectively. The average recoveries of MeHg, PhHg and Hg (II) from spiked samples (0.3-48.0 mu g l(-1) Hg) were 98 +/- 3, 99 +/- 1 and 100 +/- 7%, respectively. By applying SPE procedure a 200-fold concentration of the sample was obtained. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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